Happy New Year everyone. Amid the festive blur of the holiday season, Sessions College students were busy getting creative. Here’s a selection of highlights from January’s gallery.

AOS in Graphic Design student Kyle Gilbreath wrapped up his first semester drawing class with this eye-catching recreation of a photograph. Working from a color image is a challenge, but Kyle did a great job of capturing a range of values and the effects of light on the model’s face.

Graphic Design certificate student Vlada Chekh created this topographical tribute to her New York neighborhood in her Illustrator Advanced class. What we loved: the concept of the neighborhood as a fish, the loving attention to detail, the pieced-together typography, and the overall composition. You just want to jump on a boat and visit the burgh!

After the holidays, a menu might be the last thing you want to read. Multimedia Arts certificate student Fay Latimer gets creative and gustatory juices flowing with her old West woodblock print style menu design. The typography and illustrations are playful, and supported by a fun paper weathering effect. Prices look reasonable too!

Looking for something more arboreal? Multimedia Arts certificate graduate Karin Dijkstra from the Netherlands has been taking fine arts classes since graduation and has done some terrific work in her Watercolor course. This piece is one of four beautifully composed watercolors of woodland scenes.